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Probation to knife-wielding WSU jock

WINONA, Minn., Nov. 2, 2005 -- A Winona State Univerity varsity football player, who pulled a knife on a sandwich shop clerk after a night in the bars, Eric Paul Miller, was sentenced to one-year of probation and fined $300. Miller, 21, was ordered to stay out of bars and abstain from booze during the probation. Judge Jeff Thompson also advised Miller to change his plans to go back to work as a bar bouncer at Brothers when the current football season is over. As a Warrior, Miller plays defensive end.

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On the time of his arrest about 1:30 a.m., July 29, Miller's blood alcohol level was 0.21 percent -- more than 2-1/2 times the current legal limit. According to the police incident report, Miller had been boozing at Brothers bar, where he also worked as a bouncer, and then went down the street to Eberts and Gilbert's sandwich shop. There, police said, he turned belligerant, refused an order to leave, and pulled a knife. Eyewitness accounts vary on whether he threw the knife or dropped the knife. In an event, the sandwich-maker was bleeding.

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Miller and two friends then fled, police said, but they were easily tracked to an apartment upstairs down the block and arrested. In court he pleaded guilty to fifth-degree assault, underage drinking and obstructing officers. Miller, who is from Greenfield, Wis., a Milwaukee suburb, was 20 at the time.

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A fellow football player, wide receiver Omar Moreland, 22, of Milwaukee, has pleaded innocent to fifth-degree assault and disorderly conduct. Another man, Ryan Andrew Ainsowrth, 20, has pleaded guilty to obstructing police and underage drinking. He was sentenced to one year of probation, like Miller, and fined $200.

Background: Belligerant diner takes knife in hand
Background: Charge filed in Gerb & Erb's knife throw

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Underage boozers cited in party bust

WINONA, Minn., Nov. 5, 2005 -- Police busted a noisy party at Hamilton and Front streets and issued two citations about 2:30 a.m. A 19-year-old man and a juvenile were cited for underage consumption.

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WSU SECURITY REPORT
WEEK ENDING OCT. 30, 2005

Nov. 5: Security guards responded to the Lourdes dorjm at 1:30 a.m. to check on the welfare of a student who was reported to be highly intoxicated. he student was found to be OK.

Nov. 5: A student was cited for an alcohol violation in the Lourdes dorm at 9:45 p.m.

Nov. 5: Several students were cited for an alcohol violation in the Prentiss-Lucas dorm at 5:15 p.m.

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Nov. 4: Security guards responded to the Prentiss-Lucas dom at 1:4 a.m. concerning a disturbance involving several students.

Nov. 4: At 9:30 p.m. a concerned parent requested assistance in locating someone at the university.

Nov. 3: A tenant of the Tau dorm reported at 2:30 a.m. that several items were taken from his unlocked room between 11:30 p.m. and 2:15 a.m.

Nov. 3: A Lourdes dorm tenant reported at 2:30 p.m. that she was being harassed by a former boyfriend.



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Concordia St. Paul
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Drunk: "Uhh, lookin' fer my bud"

WINONA, Minn., Nov. 5, 2005 -- A 19-year-old partier might better have stumbled off into the night as police busted a party at King and Minnesota streets about 2:20 a.m., but, his brain dulled with the booze, the guy instead walked over to a police squad car and tried to get in. An officer trying to disperse the party spotted the guy and broke away. "What you doing?" the cop asked. Answer: "Uhh. wondered if one of my friends was in there." The guy was issued a ticket for underage consumption. Then he stumbled off into the night.

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Wayne State 38, Bemidji State 28
UM-Crookston 34, MSU-Moorhead 14
Northern State v. Southwest Minnesota
Concordia of St. Paul 35, WSU 21

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COMMENT
TIME TO GO, ALEX

Leadership means setting an example. That's why Alex White should resign his Winona State University Student Senate seat immediately. It wasn't just bad judgment that White demonstrated in trying to thwart a police bust at his Party House two weeks ago, it was incredibly stupid. Dozens of students were barricaded inside, some against their will. Some have told police they were hostages. It may be months until the facts are all sorted out. What can be said now is that Winona State students deserve better from an at-large student senator.


Background: Was lock-in akin to kidnaping? Hostages?
Background: Raid snags two WSU football players
Background: After stand-off, cops bust party

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WINONA SCHOOL REFERENDUM

Superintendent: WSU has stake at polls

WINONA, Minn., Nov. 5, 2005 -- Students at Winona State University will lose teaching and related opportunities if a school-tax referendum fails in an election this coming week, said Superintendent Paul Durand. With fewer classrooms in operation there would be fewer slots for Winona State education majors, Durand said. Of 91 Winona State students in student-teaching assignments this fall and 149 last spring, more than half -- about 100 -- were teachers-in-training in Winona public school classrooms. Additional Winona State students are in field exercises as part of their curricular requirements.

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With a projected 50-employee cut in Winona schools, many Winona State students would have to look to other school districts to fulfill their practicum semester. The problem would be especially severe for Winona State students specializing in the art, music and physical education, which would permanently eliminated if the referendum were to fail. And with fewer teachers there would be fewer tteacher-training opportunities, Durand said.

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The situation is not favorable in another sense, Durand said in a lengthy interview, because Winona schools historically have employed manyWinona State alums. "There's a connection that goes beyond finances and legality," Durand said, referring to his district's relationship with Winona State. Winonans "bleed purple," he said.

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The proximity of Winona State to the district's nine school represents great partnership potential, he said. "We have an opportunity that other communities dream of," Durand said, noting how some Rochester schools are supporting a new university proposal for similar benefits. Winona State collaborations with Winona schools include the Key Kids/ Kampus Kids childcare program. Less direct parterships include referrals to the Big Brother and Big Sister organization, Durand said, referring to Winona State as Aa tremendous volunteer base."

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Despite his district's recent financial setbacks, Durand said he is expanding partnerships with Winona State. Maxwell's child-care center, he said, will be moved into Winona schools, saving money for the university and time for Winona State students. The students will be able to access two required aspects of their practicum -- childcare and grade school education -- within the same building. Also, for Winona State students who have specialized in a subject but did not orient their major for teacher certification, a one-year master's degree program, Grad Induction, is planned to be added to the education curriculum, he said. The program will permit Winiona State students to add an education major when close to graduation.

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These programs, he said, can only materialize with resources. A lack of funding and personnel are hindrances that ultimately dictate when these programs would start. "I can do that with some resources and flexibility," he said.

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Durand talked about a decline in the quality of Winona schools even affecting Winona State hiring. Almost all prospective professors are young in their careers, many with uoing families, and they consider the quality of the local schools in deciding where to take a job, he noted. Almost all children of professors' children attend public schools, he said. And the university could find itself handicapped in the "competition for the best and brightest" if local schools are in bad shape, he said.

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Durand acknowledged that some landlords have pledged to raise rent if school taxes go up, but, he said, the dynamics that affect rents are much more complex. The supply and demand of apartments is a major influence on rents that has little to do with school taxes. Realistically, he said, student renters shouldn't expect an outrageous flux. Also, he said, many students are eligible to receive the portion any tax-triggered rent increase refunded through the state renters' credit.

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The effects of the referendum failing would go beyond the public schools, Durand said. If his schools shift to a four-day week to save money, students in parochial, religious and private schools, all on whom ride buses with public-school students, would be in a bind, he said. With a four-day week, school hours would be extended two hours per school day, putting an estimated 4,000 students on the street because of a lapse in schedules between public and private schools. Police are concerned, he said.

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He sees college students as important to to the referendum: "Five-year-olds can't vote; 18-year-olds can." If the referendum fails, cuts would total $2.9 million, he said.

Reporter: Kai Oehler

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WINONA SCHOOL REFERENDUM

WSU president hosts school tax panel

WINONA, Minn., Nov. 5, 2005 -- A panel of school-tax referendum advocates will be held at Winona State on the eve of the election day, with university President Judith Ramaley as moderator. The subject: "Passage or Failure and Its Relevance to WSU." Question-answer opportunities are planned.

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Information on voting eligibility, voting places and process will be available.

  • Kelly Herold, School Board member: An explanation of the financial crisis in K-12 education.
  • Natalie Siderus, School Board member: What Winona Faces If the Referendum Passes or Fails
  • James Reineke, Winona State education prof: "Improving Our World Starts Right Here"
  • Abby Grome, Winona State education student: "Students Voters Will Make the Difference"

  • Date: Monday, Nov. 7
    Time: 7-8 p.m.
    Place: Somsen Auditorium
    Cost: Free


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    DAVID RISLOVE, 1940-2005

    Funeral Saturday for WSU chemist

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 5, 2005 -- Final services for David Rislove, a retired Winona State University chemistry prof, will be next Saturday, the family said. Rislove, 64, died in a hospital on Wednesday. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m., Friday, at Fawcett-Junker, 1476 W. Broadway. The funeral will be at 1 p.m., Saturday, at St. Paul's Episcopal, 265 Lafayette.

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    Rislove was born Nov. 16, 1940 in Rushford, Minn. He and Susan M. Schact were married and with two children.

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    In his student days at Winona State, Rislove earned four letters in football and two in track. He was all-conference in football 1960 and 1961. He was football co-captain 1961. He was graduated in 1962. In 2002 Rislove was named to the university's Athletic Hall of Fame and rode in the homecoming parade. During his years on the faculty, Rislove served 22 years as the faculty athletic representative for athletics. He was executive secretary of the conference board of control 18 years and president six years. He also was president of the Warrior booster club. Helped organize Northern Sun Athletic Hall of Fame and also Winona State Athletic Hall of Fame.


    Dave Rislove
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    Dave Rislove

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    Snapshots from his Warrior football days

    Background: Death claims retired chemistry prof

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    Senator plans to silence libeling website

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 5, 2005 -- A website maintained anonymously by former Winona State University student Todd Oulette has so enraged freshman Sen. Ron Kezeske that he wants it purged from the web. "I want his libel-filled Internet site shut down," Kezeske said in an interview. The site has attacked editor Kate Weber of the Winonan student newspaper for refusing to run Oulette's allegations of an official coverup in a Winona child-porn case. Amid attacks on Catholics that pepper the site, Oulette includes a caption under Weber's photo: "Why doesn't she take her censorship to St. Mary's Catholic college."

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    Kezeske said he learned of the site from an e-message, sent from a bogus address, that encouraged him to initiate Student Senate action against Weber for censorship. Kezeske declined in an interview to name Oulette, although his authorship of the site is widely known. Kezeske, new to Winona this fall, said he learned who sent him the anonynous e-message by asking around. The message included links to a massive website that Oulette maintains on a wide range of political issues. Similar messages went also to other student senators.

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    Asked if he would to take the issue to the Student Senate, Kezeske said: ÔNo, the Student Senate isn't able to do anything about this since the anonymous person is not a student." Neither the Senate nor the university administration has jurisdiction, he said: "It is a civil issue." Asked how he is going to shut down the website, Kezeske replied that he has a plan in mind. Details are being worked out, he said.


    Ron Kezeske
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    Todd Oulette
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    Anonyous webmeister

    Reporter: Lauren Ashby
    Background: Erstwhile student rails against Winonan
    Comment: The Winonan's conceptual mess
    Comment: Scaling mountains of garbage

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    Schwarzenbart at 37:39.60

    FORT HAYS, Kan., Nov. 5, 2005 -- Winona State University sent four individuals to compete in the NCAA North Central Region. The Warriors failed to field a complete team, but Aaron Schwarzenbart was the top Winona State runner at 37:39.60.

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    Schwaerzenbart at 37:39.60

    FORT HAYS, Kan., Nov. 5, 2005 -- Winona State University placed 22nd out of 25 in the NCAA North Central Region. The Warriors came up with 597 points. Adams State of Colorado captured team honors with 25 points. Senior Heidi Inabnit paced the Warriors, finishing 63rd in a time of 24:07.08.

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    Seasonal parking tickets: 337 in four days

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 5, 2005 -- In the first four days of the new alternate-side parking season, police issued 337 tickets. The most came the first night, 104 on Tuesday, said deputy Plice Chief Tom Williams.

    Background: Ticketing starts at 1 a.m.
    Background: Verbatim: City parking ordinance

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    SOCCER (WOMEN'S)
    WSU 1, Wayne State 0


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    Concordia of St. Paul 35, WSU 21

    WSU surrenders bid for league crown

    MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. 5, 2005 -- Despite a 21-point second half, Winona State University could not overcome a 14-0 first-half deficit and lost 35-21 to Concordia of St. Paul in Northern Sun conference finale football ganme. The loss snapped a seven-game winning streak for Winona State and forced the Warriors into a share for the conference championship with Concordia. Drew Aber completed 19 of 29 Winona State passes for 275 yards and one score. Derek Malone scored on a four-yard run, and Randy Springs hooked up with Scott Peters on a 23-yard option pass for a score.The key in the game in the third down conversions, where Concordia was 13 of 19.

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    COURT CONVICTIONS
    WEEK ENDING NOV. 5, 2005
    IN WINONA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT


    UNDERAGE CONSUMPTION
    Abby Amanda Dahl, 20, Red Wing, Minn., $177.
    Anthony Glen Bilyeu, 20, Sauk City, Minn., $177.
    Chelsie Marie Bristow, 18, LaCrescent, Minn., $177.
    Jermaine Giles Hardy, 19, Rochester, Minn., $215.
    Christopher Joseph Horner 19, Lake Burlington, Ill., $177.
    Eric Paul Miller, 21, Greenfield, Wis., 90 days and $365.
    Thomas Joseph Parsi, 19, Elk Grove, Ill., $177.
    Kirby Ann Rautio, 20, Andover, Minn., $177.
    Leah Nicole Toby Richie, 19, Elmwood, Wis., $277.
    Daniel Joseph Sonsalla, 18, Trempeleau, Wis., $277.
    Michael James Tildetzke, New Berlin, Wis., $277.
    Nicholas Henry Wierma, 20, Prairie de Sac, Wis., $177.
    Matthew Paul Orlando Wilson, 19, Elk River, Minn., $177.


    LOUD PARTY
    Bradley William Kointer, 25, La Crosse, Wis., $265.

    ALL BOOZING CONVICTIONS
    ALL NOISY PARTY CONVICTIONS


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    Collision kills recent WSU grad

    ROCHESTER, Minn., Nov. 4, 2005 -- A recent Winona State University grad, Ali Al-Mohsin, was killed in a collision on Highway 14 in suburban Chester. Al-Mohsin was driving home to Winona when a car swerved to avoid another vehicle making a turn across the traffic near a Conoco station, the State Patrol said. The second car hit Al-Mohson head on. Al-Mohsin, 27, was dead at the scene. The second driver, Michael Doss, 52, of Rochester, was taken to a Roxhester hospital. The third driver was unhurt. Al-Mohsin, a Saudi Arabian national, was graduated from Winona State last May. He was in the process of an internship at Benchmark.

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    Bar fight ends in detox

    WINONA,Minn., Nov. 4, 2005 -- Police were called to Rascals, a college hangout, after a man got into a fight with a bouncer about 12:30 a.m. Police said they picked up the guy, 21, a block away at Third and Walnut. His blood tested at 0.25 percent alchol, three times the legal limit, police said. He was sent a detox, usually a three-day medical program to rid the system of alcohol. The program costs several thousand dollars, billed to the drunk.

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    Concordia of St.Paul 3, WSU 1

    13 Lati kills not enough

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 4, 2005 -- Winona State University forced No. 4 Concordia St. Paul into four games but lost 3-1 in Northern Sun volleyball match. The Warriors lost the first two games 30-24 and 30-23 before winning Game Three 30-24. Concordia then wrapped up the contest 30-21 in Game Four. Kaylan Lati led the Warriors with 13 kills. Lisa Dobie posted 30 assists. Rudi Balich totaled 17 digs. Molly Horihan came up with five total blocks. The contest was the regular-season finale for the Warriors.

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    THE ARMY AND ACADEME

    WSU exec: Space is impediment to ROTC

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 3, 2005 -- Available space, currently a major concern at Winona State, and could be an obstacle to the return of a military training program to the university, said interim academic Vice President Ken Gorman. "I don't know how much space would be necessary for the program, but it doesn't matter how much they need because we don't have any right now," Gorman said in an interview. "I have faculty piled up on one another because of the current construction projects on campus." Gorman said that offices and classroom are both limited because of the Pasteur science rebuilding project. It doesnÕt look like the limited space is going to be getting any better in the future, Gorman said: "If the bonding money for the project to renovate Maxwell goes through, we will have to relocate everything that is currently housed in that building. That, he said, would mean the campus will be dealing with space limitations for the next three years.

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    A task force looking at an Army plan to create a Wnona State unit will review space needs, he said. The task force is comprised of students, faculty, staff members and administrators.

    Reporter: Alison Paulseth
    Background: Ramaley unsure of Army ROTC program
    Background: Army eyes WSU for officer training
    Background: Army also courting SMU
    Background: "Supporting ROTC not same as supporting war"
    Background: Cadet: ROTC push originated locally
    Background: WSU been pondering ROTC since summer

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    ESPN All-District

    WSU Kramer ranked by ESPN

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 3, 2005 -- Named to the ESPN magazine all-District V women's soccer team from Winona State University was Kathryn Kramer.

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    INCIDENT AT 560 E. BROADWAY

    560 E. BroadwayKNOCK, KNOCK
    From inside the 560 E. Broadway party house of Ken King and Alex White, somebody snapped this shot of police rapping on the door to gain admission. Partiers kept the cops at bay four hours.

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    Info from boozing trio preceded raid

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 3, 2005 -- The noise from a Halloween house party had brought the cops, but, closing in on the house at 560 E. Broadway, they realized also that a lot of underage drinking was going on, according to details in a police affadavit. Three young women in Halloween costumes, all shy of the 21 legal drinking age, it turned out, were stopped as they left the party, according to the affadavit. Yes, they said, they had been consuming alcohol at the party. They were ticketed. Officers then found an illegal beer keg in the backyard as well as cups, some still with dried-up foam.

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    Until this point, roughly 12:30 a.m., Oct. 28, it had been a routine police call about a Winona State University house party that had gotten out of hand. It would get more out of hand. Rather than admitting the police, the partiers locked the doors. Whether it was the consensus of the partiers to do so is unclear. Police Chief Pomeroy said in an interview Thursday, a week after the incident, that he believes some partiers were held inside against their will. In any event, for four hours the cops, backed up with reinforements, watched the doors and windows of the barricaded house. Then about 4:30, with a search warrant signed by a judge, the cops got word through that the doors had better be opened. Then began the underage drinking citations, 21 in all, and two arrests.

    Reporter: Dana Kelly
    Background: Police chief: Cops didn't target blacks
    Background: Raid snags at least two football players
    Background: After stand-off, cops bust party

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    Northern Sun all-conference

    WSU lands seven on Northern Sun team

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 3, 2005 -- Named to the Northern Sun all-conference women's soccer team from Winona State University were Christie Beatty, Whitney Bernhardt, Annie Laueter and Kayla Walters to the first team. Named to the second team from Winona State were Kathryn Kramer, Erin McDowell and Holly Sutton.

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    DAVID RISLOVE, 1940-2005

    Death claims retired WSU chem prof

    ROCHESTER, Minn., Nov. 3, 2005 -- A retired Winona State University chemistry prof, Dave Rislove, 64, died Thursday at Methodist Hospital. Rislove started on the Winona State faculty in 1968. He retired in December 1999. Rislove was active in athletics, serving as faculty representative on the Warrior Club board from 1973 to 1995. He was Warrior Club president in 2000 and 2001. In 2002 he was inducted into the university's Athletic Hall of Fame. Outside the university, Rislove was an active member of the Winona Area Barbershoppers. He lived in suburban Goodview with his wife Susan, who is retired from the education faculty.

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    MIAC All-Conference

    SMU's Roesler to all-conference team

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 3, 2005 -- Named to the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference all-conference first team from St. Mary's University was Megan Roesler.

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    INCIDENT AT 560 E. BROADWAY

    White's Senate job at stake? Flynn: No

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 3, 2005 -- The student president at Winona State University, Ryan Flynn, is staying diplomatically neutral regarding a party bust in which at-large Sen. Alex White has been accused of misconduct in a police raid on his house. Flynn said that nobody had challenged White in meeting the Student Senate's high standard of efficient and diligent behavior with a passion for helping students. What a student does as an individual is not for the Student Senate to judge, Flynn said. The Senate's job, he said, is to help "preserve and expand" student rights and opportunities.

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    "The Student Senate will now be looking into projects to inform students of their rights under the law following this situation," Flynn said. The Senate has held one meeting since the party. "We are not here to judge individual students because this is not the role of the Senate," Flynn said. As of now, he said, information about the situation that occurred not clear.

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    About White, Flynn said the senator's psoition on the Senate is not in any danger as of now: "His ability as a senator is not in question." White, a transfer student this fall from South Dakota State University, was elected to the Senate in late September and took his Senate seat four weeks ago. White also is on the varsity football squad.

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    Flynn said he is less concerned about White's legal problems at the moment than with whether proper law enforcement procedures were followed when police busted the party at 560 E. Broadwasy after a four-hour standoff by partiers, White included, who barricaded themselves in the house. Flynn called the complaints of racial discrimination by police at the scene "unnerving." Flynn said he has reports that officers selectively sifted through the 100 or so boozers at the party in issuing tickets. Also, the Senate wants to make sure White will be treated as any other citizen would, regardless of his Senate position, Flynn said.

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    Flynn said the Senate will examine the situation only after the legal processes ensue as normal and then decide if further action should be taken. Flynn also said "due to the unnerving reports that we have received from multiple sources as to the conduct of a minority of police officers, Student Senate will be looking into projects to inform students of their rights under the law.

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    Parties estimated by police to number as m,any as 100 locked themselves in White's house when the cops tried to break up the party. Only after police obtained a search warrant, roughly four hours later, were the doors unlocked Twenty-one citations were issued.

    Reporter: Coral Brevig and Maggie Lindquist
    Background: Police chief: Cops didn't target blacks
    Background: Raid snags at least two football players

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    WSU student reports laptop stolen

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 3, 2005 -- Another student-leased laptop computer has been reported stolen. This one, a Gareway, was reported missing by a student from his place near Broadway and Center, said police.

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    NEWS AND COMMENT
    WINONA MEDIA WATCH

    THIS, A NEWSPAPER?
    The Winonan, a student newspaper at Winona State University, lists the business manager at the top of its staff box, ahead of the news editor. What kind of newspaper is this?

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    WSU Malaysians plan homeland dinner

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 2, 2005 -- Authentic Malaysian dishes and performances are planned for the Malaysian American club's annual Malaysian dinner at Winona State University. The theme: "One Country, Many Cultures."
    Date: Saturday, Nov. 12
    Time: 6 p.m.
    Place: Lourdes cafeteria
    Cost: $8-$12
    Contact: Malaysian American Club
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    INCIDENT AT 560 E. BROADWAY

    Police chief: Cops didn't target blacks

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 2, 2005 -- Police Chief Frank Pomeroy denied campus stories that police focused on black students in issuing tickets at a party the night of Oct. 27 that ended in a four-hour stand-off between the cops and Winona State University partiers. Students whose peers were in the stand-off said most of the partiers whom police questioned were black. That there was some kind of profiling at work was suggested also by a student quoted by the Daily News that many of the partying women were allowed to leave unquestioned once police gained access to the party house. Police had estimated 100 people were at the raucous gathering, but only 21 were issued tickets. In an interview Pomeroy did not have data handy on any race or gender breakdown of the ticketed students. He downed earlier estimate on the number of participants to the 85 to 100 range.

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    Pomeroy said his officers and backups from the sheriff's office and suburban Goodview were spit at and swore at and had the door slammed on them before eventually entering the premises on a search warrant. The episode began when police responded to a noise complaint at the house, 560 E. Broadway. As police approached, three women outside took off running. They later were cited for underage drinking and admitted they had been at the house. Once the cops gained entry, about 4:30 a.m., they looked for visibly underage partiers and cited them for underage drinking, Pomeroy said. Why some and not others? The officers numbered only seven or eight, making it difficult to "charge everybody," Pomeroy said.

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    Pomeroy, on the police force 30 years, called the performance of students disappointing, saying the neighborhood is "restless" in the wake of what happened. Will other partiers choose to barricade themselves inside when cops arrive to bust the next party? How many hours or days might partiers being willing to stage sit-downs behind locked doors? At what point will the cops bust down doors SWAT-style? The lesson that Pomeroy hopes revelers take from the night of Oct. 27 is that, despite resistance, "the result is the same," whether it takes 30 minutes, typical for a bust, or four hours.

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    Pomeroy said he had taken calls from some students who felt they were being kept hostage during the stand-off by those who decided to lock the doors to keep the cops out. Pomeroy said everyone inside was lucky there weren't injuries or anything more criminal than what happened. Those who restricted partiers from leaving could be civilly liable for any damage and injury and possibly criminally liable too, he said. The tenants, Alex White, 20, and Kenneth King, 22, were cited for having more than one keg at a home and having kegs without identification tags. Additionally, King was arrested on two outstanding St. Louis County warrants.

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    Pomeroy said possible charges of obstructing officers at the scene of a crime could face White's father and stepmother. They drove to Winona from their Casson, Minn., home after getting a call that the police had surrounded the house. Pomeroy called them uncooperative. He said the incident was the second involving drinking at the house within a year. He noted that a city ordinance provides for revoking a landlord's rental license with a third incident.

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    As for the tenants, Pomeroy said, "They're facing some pretty stiff penalties if convicted" -- especially, he added, if the origins of the kegs coan be identified. Four kegs, none with identification, were confiscated. Winona has a city ordinance that prohibits more than one keg at a single party.

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    Pomeroy called the incident a setback to the progress that the community and Winona State students have been made in emphasizing safer alcohol use. The significance of the issue is underscored, he said, by nine alcohol-related deaths in Winona between 1999 and 2003, although not all were campus-related. "Nine deaths, it's a lot," he said. "It's too much."

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    Pomeroy decried sarcastic letters in response to the authorities' doggedness against underage drinking, including some posted in Tau dorm lamenting the bust. "All it takes is one fiasco" for the community to become distrusting of students and students mistrusting of law enforcement. Pomeroy said. About the role of police, he said: "We're usually not the invited guests with parties" but "we have to help people who can't take care of themselves."

    Reporters: Dana Kelly and Kai Oehler
    Background: After stand-off, cops bust party
    Background: Raid snags at least two football players

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    THE SUGAR LOAF MURDERS

    Next Gordon court date: Dec. 5

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 2, 2005 -- The postponed date for the next hearing for the man accused in the Sugar Loaf murders, Paul Allen Gordon, will be Dec. 2, according to the docket of Judge Jeff Thompson. The time: 9 a.m. Gordon had been scheduled to appear in court Oct. 25 on the two forgery charges, as well as the murder charges, but the date was changed because Judge Larry Collins reclused himself pending his retirement. Gordon, 22, is accused of killing former Winona State University student Stacy Lee Ziegler Smith, 29, and her 10-year-old daughter in mid-December. Smith's unborn child also died.

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    Gordon has been in the Winona County jail since Feb. 25 and seven weeks before that in California, where he was arrested. His trial is expected to begin in spring. Besides the homicides, Gordon also faces a charge of felony forgery for using a false name on his Winona apartment lease in September 2004 and on his utility bills. He also faces charges involving a fake weapon against pollice in a drug arrest in October 2004.


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    Reporter: Leticia Graf
    Background: Security loosened at Gordon appearance

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    INCIDENT AT 560 E. BROADWAY

    Raid snags two WSU football players

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 2, 2005 -- At least two varsity football players were among partying Winona State University students at a Thursday night booze party that resulted in 21 tickets, mostly for underage boozing. Alex White, a transfer player from South Dakota State, is a strong safety on the Warrior roster. Also cited was Ken King, a transfer football player from an Ely, Minn., junior college. Warrior football coach Tom Sawyer has a ban on weeknight drinking by his players. There also are mandatory procedures for Sawyer to report discipline lapses to Athletic Director Larry Holstad and to university President Judith Ramaley.

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    In high school at Kasson, Minn., White was a football and basketball team captain. He was all-conference in football. He also was all-conference in long jump, 100-meter, and 4x220 relay. His Warrior jersey is 33. He spent his freshman year of college at South Dakota State but was still a freshman in the registrar's records when he moved to Winona State this fall. In September he won an at-large seat on the Student Senate with a campaign centered on giving out free rootbeer from a keg at the campus gazebo. On the football roster he is listed at 5-11 and 180 pounds.

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    King, a transfer from Vermillion Community College in Ely, Minn., is on the Winona State football roster as a cornerback at 5-7 and 170 pounds. He was graduated from high school in Winter Park, Fla.

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    At the bust King was arrested on two outstanding warrants from St. Louis County, Minn., where Ely is located. The warrants accuse King of failing to appear on charges of driving after suspension, no proof of insurance, speeding and driving with one headlight. At the East Broadway bust, police also cited King with having more than one keg at the party, in violation of city ordinances, and having kegs without identification tags, another ordinance violation. White also was cited for keg violations.

    Background: After stand-off, cops bust party

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    Former Tyndale exec exonerated

    GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. 2, 2005 -- A former president of now-defunct William Tyndale College, James C. McHann, was acquitted of charges that he had fraudulently claimed hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal financial aid for students at a technical school he partly owned. Jurors found McHann innocent of 22 criminal counts. McHann claimed at the jury trial that the technical school had been eligible for federal financial aid when he was president of William Tyndale College. He attributed the charges to a political smear. Meanwhile, Tyndale has closed because of declining enrollment.

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    Accreditors gigged for term "social justice"

    WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2005 -- The National Association of Scholars asked for a federal investigation of two accrediting agencies, one for teacher education, the other for social-work education. The assocaition cjarged that the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and the Council on Social Work Education encourage universities to evaluate students based on their political beliefs. The evaluations, according to the association, violate students' First Amendment right to free speech.

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    The association said the Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education suggests that universities assess students' "beliefs and attitudes related to values such as caring, fairness, honesty, responsibility, and social justice." According to the association, "social justice" is an ideological term that suggests students wioll be evaliated on their political viewpoints. The Council on Social Work Education was faulted for stipulating that institutions ensure that students work to "advance social and economic justice."

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    WSU ministry collecting gifts

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 2, 2005 --The Chi Alpha student ministry at Winona State University is collecting donations for the Samaritan's Purse , which sends gifts in shoe boxes to children suffering from war, poverty, illness, natural disasters or neglect. The gifts go out in time for Christmas. The club suggests toys, school supplies and hygiene items or a check to Samaritan's Purse for $5, which goes toward shipping. Not acceptable: war-related items, chocolates, perishable food, liquids, medicines or breakable items.
    Drop-off dates: Monday, Nov. 14, and Sunday, Nov. 20
    Time: 3 to 6 p.m.
    Place: Pleasant Valley Church
    Contact: (507) 474-4307
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    Illinois gigged for gifts to athlete

    CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Nov. 2, 2005 -- The National Collegiate Athletic Association placed the University of Illinois football program on probation for one year after finding that a booster had made $2,300 in improper payments to a player. Thed NCAA said the player was on the payroll at the booster's trucking company for work he did not do. He also was given a company car to drive.

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    Dance student to club presidency

    WINONA, Minn., Nov 2, 2005-- A Winona State University student studying choreography and dance management, Susie Soukaseume, has been elected president of the campus Dance Society. Other officers: Sheena Gifford; vice President and treasurer;Ê Carly Moore; secretary; Alaina Grose, andÊ August Whipplel, publicity.

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    South Dakota cuts out-of-state tuition

    PIERRE, S.D., Nov. 2, 2005 -- Regents for South Dakota colleges cut out-of-state tuition to attract more students and make up for a projected 13 percent decline in South Dakota high-school grads over the next 10 years. Freshmen and transfer students from out of state now will pay $115 per credit hour, down from $243. South Dakotans pay $76.

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    Math prof assesses codes in algebra

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 2, 2005 -- A Winona State University math prof, Steve Leonhardi, spoke on Reed-Solomon codes and linear algebra at the fall meeting of the North Central Section of the Mathematical Association of America in Brookings, S.D.

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    UCLA moves to stop corpse sales

    LOS ANGELS, Calif., Nov. 2, 2005 -- The University of California at Los Angeles is free to reopen its willed-body program now that an investigation is complete into whether officials had sold corpses donated for medical research. An administrative judge OK'd the reopening. Meanwhile, the university is drafting new procedures and protocols.

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    Profs offer update on WSU changes

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 2, 2005 -- A 10-professor Winona State team explained the university's initiatives for enhancing science and engineering education at the Project Kaleidoscope Conference in Baltimore, Md. Presenting were Beckry Abdel-Magid, engineering; Steve Allard, geoscience; Mike Delong, biology; Chi-Cheng Lin, computer science; Tom Nalli, chemistry; Fred Otto, physics; Terry Price, mathematics and statistics; Cathy Summa, geoscience; Ed Thompson, biology; and Mingrui Zhang, computer science.

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    MIT fires prof for research irregularities

    CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 2, 2005 --The Massachusetts Institute of Technology fired a biology professor, Luk Van Parijs, after he admitted fabricating and falsifying data in a paper, several manuscripts, and grant applications, the school announced. Van Parijs had been on leave after members of his research group alleged research misconduct in work the use of short-inference RNA in studying mechanisms in autoimmune diseases.

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    Profs explain Bangaldesh social work

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 2, 2005 -- A Winona State University social-work prof, Cathy Jo Faruque, and visiting professors Atiqur Rahman and Muhammad Samad of Bangladesh discussed the Bangladesh social welfare systems and education at the Minnesota Council on Social Work Education conference in Red Wing, Minn.

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    Black prof claims racial harassment

    SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 2, 2005 -- San Francisco State University ordered an independent investigation into allegations of racial profiling in the the arrest of a black professo. The prof, Antwi Akom, said he was en route to his office about 11 p.m. to retrieve a book when he was stopped by a campus security guard. There was a scuffle, and Akom was arrested and jailed overnight. He said he that security guards never asked for his ID.

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    Faculty hang own works at exhibit

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 2, 2005 -- A variety of creations by Winona State Universitya rt profs has gione on exhibit at the Watkins Gallery on campus. Exhibiting are Chuck Aydlett, Mary Coughlan, Rodney Nowosielski, Seho Park, Anne Scott Plummer, Don Schmidlapp and John Whelan.
    Date: Through Thursday, Nov. 17
    Time: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    Place: Watkins Gallery
    Cost: Free
    Contact: Anne Plummer at (507) 457-5395
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    Grad schools see enrollment growth

    WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2005-- Grad-school nrollment in the United States, pushed up by female and minority students, grew 2 pecent last year, according to the Council of Graduate Schools. Women, who make up 57 percent of the students, were largely responsible for the growth, with a 3 percent increase. The number of men increased 1 percent. Black enrollment grew 16 percent in the biological sciences. Hispanic enrollments grew by 19 percent in the physical sciences. Foreign student enrollment fell 3 percent, mostly in engineering and the physical sciences.

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    Bush panel: Cut college tax benefits

    WASHINGTON, Nov.1, 2005 -- A panel appointed by President Bush proposed eliminating tax-free tuition benefits for university employees. The advisory panel said the tax-free status of tuition benefits shifts some of the nation's tax burden to taxpayers who do not receive such benefits at work. The panel, comprising nine academics, government officials, and former politicians, made its recommendations to Treasury Secretary John Snow.

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    The panel also recommended ending Clinton administration tax credit for families with full-time college students 20 years old and under. The credit covers 100 percent of college expenses up to $1,000 and 50 percent of the next $1,000, for a maximum of $1,500. A second Clinton-era credit that pays 20 percent of tuition up to $10,000 would also be eliminated. The panel's report said the credits have given colleges a backdoor for raising tuitioon and fees: "These tax benefits may allow educational institutions to increase tuition and fees because a portion of these costs is offset through the tax code."

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    Another recomendation is to teplace 529 plans, which offer tax advantages to families that save for college with Save for Family Accounts. The panel recommended expan ding 529 plans to include savings for medical costs, house purchases, and retirement.

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    After four-hour stand-off, cops bust party

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 1, 2005 -- A Halloween college party that police couldn't bust resulted, after a four-hour stand-off, with 20 tickets being issued, according to Deputy Police Chief Tom Williams. Not until police rousted Judge Jeff Thompson from bed at 4 a.m. to sign a search warrant did the cops gain access to the barricaded student house at 560 E. Broadway, with 100-plus revelers inside. Williams said officers responding to a neighbor's complaint about the noise about midnight Thursday were first denied entrance at the party: "Nobody responded to the door." Finally, about 4:30, officers with the search warrant in hand were admitted. Most of the 20 tickets were for minor consumption, two for unregistered kegs, and one for public nuisance.

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    Otherwise, Williams said, Halloween weekend in Winona was not much different than last year or any other weekend. Police staffing was usual for a weekend, which is no less than one supervisor and three patrol officers per shift, according to Williams.

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    Except for the house party there were five loud party tickets and four tickets for minor consumption, Williams said. Meanwhile, in Madison, Wis., where Winona college students made their traditional trek, police made 447 arrests.

    Reporter: Letisha Graf

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    NCAA tries "buying" scholastic upgrades

    INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 2, 2005 -- The National Collegiate Athletic Association approved bonuses of as much as $100,000 to any Division I school whose athletes do particularly well in their studies and improve their graduation rates. Ten million dollars a year has been set aside for the incentives. Half is for programs that make major improvements in their academic performance. An additional $3 million is for schools with budget problems for tutors or programs that help athletes do well in the classroom. Two million dollars is for programs that show extraordinary academic performance.

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    Artsy Hyundai to make the rounds

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 1, 2005 -- Two St. Mary's University artists, Monta May and Eileen Daily, are transforming an old Hyundai into a traveling piece of art. Community people have been asked to make the art, arranging hundreds of hand-colored vinyl magnets, on Daily's car. The car will be photographed at various intervals, and the photographs will be posted to the web. May, who is completing a master's degree in art, came up with the idea. The "art-car" will be on display at St. Mary's from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7. It will also be at Lake Park from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13. The car also will be parked around town because it's also Daily's main method of transportation. Anybody, anywhere is invited to to move the magnets around and create new art, she said.

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    Ramaley discusses higher-ed on high plane

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 1, 2005 -- Complex patterns in student demographics and an unsteady flow of professors into university teaching for a tumultuous higher-ed environment in the United States, Winona State President Judith Ramaley told a recent campus gathering. No longer is it safe to assume who the students are with broad demographics, Ramaley said. It's critical, she said, that curriculums meet societal changes.

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    Ramaley, on the job since July, said she runs Winona State with academic ideals instilled from an educational research panel in which she took part five years ago. At the time she was an education and human resources assistant director for the National Science Foundation, and she joined several of the nation's leading educators on a panel, titled "Greater Expectations," to discuss the coherence of post-secondary education in a world of rapid change. Panelists realized that education, by definition, is constantly changing, so there needs to be a coherent stability created within post-secondary education that will keep standards current, she said. Her presentation, in the Winona State library, was part of a response to a question asked during Ramaley's candidacy for president about how her experience on the panel would affect her choices as president.

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    Students must be proactive if they want to gain a coherent post-secondary education that will prepare them for life after college, said Ramaley. She went on to say that profs also must continue to learn themselves and modify their behaviors to reflect new knowledge to do their jobs. Ramaley said that teachers must serve as models of education and make available first-hand experience "The educated do not live vicariously on borrowed knowledge," she said.

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    She quoted academic notables whom she admired about how direct contact with new information is vital to education. It is important to determine the concept of an educated person in today's society before tackling the question of what is a proper college education, she said, adding that education must relate with changing value systems. She said that educators should strive to build upon students' strength to ensure moral responsibility and create a "nation of intentionality." This meant, she said that people need to be concerned with how people's actions can affect everyone around them.

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    According to Ramaley, educated people show an ongoing love of learning and curiosity about the world because they know that perceptions of reality and truth will determine their individual decisions and daily actions. Noting she realized that these abstract ideals could revolutionize the nation's learning process, Ramaley said that she supports further research on higher-ed issues. "Scholarship is at the heart of what we do," she said.


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    Reporter: Coral Brevig

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    Hurricane-ravaged Dillard cuts staff

    NEW ORLEANS, La., Nov. 1, 2005 -- Dillard University laid off 60 percent of its faculty and staff members, 89 people total, to survive financially in the wake of heavy damage and enrollment losses after Hurricane Katrina. Earlier Xavier University, also a historically black institution, cut more than half of its staff. Other hard-hit New Orleans campuses also conSiDering massive staff reductions. Hundreds of layoffs also are expected in the five-campus Louisiana State University system.

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    Proposed prof pay tops out at $97,000

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 1, 2005 -- A tentative contract would raise state university profs' pay 4.8 percent over two years, to as much as $97,700, according to a document being circulated among Winona State faculty. The contract, agreed to by negotiators for the faculty union and the state chancellor, would raise pay 2.4 percent in the first year and another 2.4 percent the next year. The details are in a union document given to faculty at Winona State and the other six state universities as part of a ratification process. A statewide union ratification vote will be Nov. 16.

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    A pay-scale chart in the document shows a range of salaries from $32,100 to $97,700 depending on experience and tenure. As a practical matter there probably are no faculty in the state university system with the 49 years experience to qualify for the top-end levels.

    Reporter: Mike Stonelake
    Background: Approvals expected for new faculty contract

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    ELECTION 2006

    Who will run this time?

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 1, 2005 -- These are the 2006 races that Winona campus people are watching:

    U.S. SENATE
    Mark Dayton (Democrat): Not seeking second term
    Mark Kennedy (Republican): Seeking nomination
    Amy Klobuchar (Democrat): Seeking nomination
    Patty Wetterling (Democrat): Seeking nomination

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    GOVERNOR
    Kelly Doran (Democrat): Seeking nomination
    Mike Hatch (Democrat): Has announced his candidacy
    Peter Hutchinson (Independence): Has formed a campaign committee
    Steve Kelley (Democrat): Has announced his candidacy
    Tim Pawlenty (Republican): Expected to seek second term
    Bud Philbrook (Democrat): Has announced his candidacy

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    U.S. HOUSE
    Gil Gutknecht (Republican): Announced for seventh term
    Leigh Pomeroy (Democrat): Considering candidacy
    Tim Walz (Democrat): Exploring possible candidacy

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    MINNESOTA SENATE
    Kelly Herold (Democrat): Has announced candidacy
    Brenda Jojhnson (Republican): Has announced candidacy
    Bob Kierlin (Republican): Not seeking re-election
    Sharon Ropes (Democrat): Has announced candidacy
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    MINNESOTA HOUSE
    Gene Pelowski (Democrat): Plans to seek 11th term

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    CITY COUNCIL (2nd Ward)
    Gerry Krage: Expected to seek re-election

    CITY COUNCIL (4th Ward)
    George Borzyskowski: Expected to seek re-election

    CITY COUNCIL (At-large)
    Tim Breza: Expected to seek re-election

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    Warriors win tournament opener

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 1, 2005 -- With two second-half goals, Winona State University defeated Minnesota-Crookston 2-0 in opening round of the Northern Sun conference soccer tournament.The Warriors, off to a slow start, were held scoreless in the first half before Annie Lauterer scored 43 seconds into the second half off a scramble in front of the nets. The game continued back and forth game with five more attempts on goal by Winona State until Holly Sutton added an insurance goal at 68:36.The victory extended the Warriors' unbeaten streak to 20 and moves them into the semifinal round of the tournament.

    Reporter: Dana Kelly
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    WINONA SCHOOL REFERENDUM

    WSU Democrats push for student vote

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 1, 2005 -- Members of the College Democrats will be canvassing Winona State University dorms to encourage students to register to vote in the upcoming school referendum. The Democrats have endorsed the referendum. Jared Stene, president, said the push will be 4:45 to 8 p.m. Thursday and again Monday. On election day, next Tuesday, party volunteers will work from 2 p.m. until the polls close, Stene said. He called for volunteers.

    Contact: Jared Stene at (507) 474-2149
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    Warriors snap bad record against Mankato

    WINONA, Minn., Nov. 1, 2005 -- Winona State University rallied from a 2-1 deficit and went on to defeat Minnesota State University-Mankato 3-2 in nonconference women's volleyball.The victory snapped a 14-match Warrior losing streak against MSU Mankato, which last lost to the Warriors in 1983. In fact it was only the third victory for Winona State in 24 meetingsÊwith the Mavericks. The Warriors jumped out to a 30-27 win butÊthen struggled to losses of 30-26 and 30-27 to trail the Mavericks. From there on the Warriors forced a Game Five by winning Game Four 30-16 and then rallied for a 15-11 win in the deciding game. Freshman Kayla Hall led the Warriors with 18 kills. Kiersten Arendt added 12. Lisa Dobie had 44 Warrior assists. On defense, Rudi Balich and Annah Benson had 26 and 23 digs. Molly Horihan had seven blocks.

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    Gift covers costs of Yale music students

    NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 1, 2005 -- Yale University music students will get their education tuition-free with proceeds from an anonymous $100 million donation. Tom Duffy, the music dean, said the gift will cover tuition and plus a stipend for the 80 to 90 students admitted into the two-year grad program annually.

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    FREE EXPRESSION / FREE INQUIRY

    Supreme Court: No fast track on Patriot Act

    WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2005 -- the U.S. Supreme Court denied an emergency appeal that would have allowed a Connecticut library to identify itself publicly as the target of federal agents who went into its records to identify who had checked out certain books. Such federal searches have become a hot-button civil rights issue because they lack judicial oversight under traditional U.S. checks and balances to prevent government abuses of citizen rights. The searches are authorized under the 2001 Patriot Act, which forbids libraries from making public that their records have been entered by government agents. The Supreme Court decision against consxiering the case on short notice does not affect the central arguments of the chjallenge filed by the Connecticut library.

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    The case itself will be heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in November. The Supreme Court action, however, means that the briefs and motions associated with the case will continue to be filed under seal and will be made publics. In September, a U.S. District Court judge in Connecticut ruled that the plaintiff should be permitted to identify itself publicly, hut the judge allowed the federal government to appeal immediately and the appeals court ordeed a gag while it considers the case.

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    The American Civil Liberties Union filed an emergency application to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking that the gag be lifted. The American Library Association and three other organizations filed a supportive briefs. The briefs argued that the public cannot conduct an informed debate about the Patriot Act if it does not know how broadly or wisely the federal government has used its enforcement powers.

    Background: Patriot Act hits judicial roadblock

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